Trial reportPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2020
Randomized Trial of a Mobile Personal Health Record for Behavioral Health Homes.
Trial report in Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Strengthening the delivery of integrated physical health care for adults experiencing serious mental illness: a scoping review of interventions in mental health settings.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Centered Digital Health Records and Their Effects on Health Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- A Care Transitions Electronic Clinical Pathway for Patients With Chronic Conditions: Qualitative Secondary Analysis.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- Patient Health Record Smart Network Challenges and Trends for a Smarter World.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records and Information Practices in Mental Health Care Contexts: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Quality of Care in Hospitals and the Use of Mobile-Based Personal Health Record Applications: An Exploratory Study Using National Hospital Evaluation Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Review
- Use of video-based telehealth services using a mobile app for workers in underserved areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective observational study.International journal of medical informatics · 2022Observational
- Development of customized inner beauty products and customized cosmetics apps according to the use of NRF2 through DTC genetic testing after the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2022Review
- Improving Physical Health Among People With Serious Mental Illness: The Role of the Specialty Mental Health Sector.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Health information technology to improve care for people with multiple chronic conditions.Health services research · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveBehavioral health homes, which provide onsite primary medical care in mental health clinics, face challenges in integrating information across multiple health records. This study tested whether a mobile personal health record application improved quality of medical care for individuals treated in these settings.
methodsThis randomized study enrolled 311 participants with a serious mental illness and one or more cardiometabolic risk factors across two behavioral health homes to receive a mobile personal health record application (N=156) or usual care (N=155). A secure mobile personal health record (mPHR) app provided participants in the intervention group with key information about diagnoses, medications, and laboratory test values and allowed them to track health goals. The primary study outcome was a chart-derived composite measure of quality of cardiometabolic and preventive services.
resultsAt 12-month follow-up, participants in the mPHR group maintained high quality of care (70% of indicated services at baseline and at 12-month follow-up), in contrast to a decline in quality for the usual-care group (71% at baseline and 67% at follow-up), resulting in a statistically significant but clinically modest differential impact between the groups. No differences between the study groups were found in secondary self-reported outcomes, including delivery of chronic illness care, patient activation, and quality of life related to mental or general medical health.
conclusionsUse of a mPHR app was associated with a statistically significant but clinically modest differential benefit for quality of medical care among individuals with serious mental illness and comorbid cardiometabolic conditions.
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